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Such motifs may indeed be implied for such a genre, but i don't see why one can't break out--even if momentarily--of a survival horror genre. Immersion is easily accomplished when you give the player the freedom to decide their course of action. Even if the player does not know their way in their own home, immersion would still be accomplished if that simple premise is maintained.

Leaving the player ignorant doesn't necessarily prove the story to be poorly constructed. Nor does a game have to have a story (to meet the "standards" of a genre). The idea i have for my next "story" will only go so far as to start off the premises. Due to how everything would be constructed, the game would not have to go into any further detail concerning any background information, as the player would (should) be too involved with the current situation which would, in its own way, though not necessarily, be directed or constructed by the player. The horror genre would still remain intact given the fact that the player knows what is coming and may not want to progress further. This, likewise, removes any ignorance about the very structure of the place that the user is placed in, for the player is gradually made aware of his environment before engaging it.

I do realize that there are custom stories out there that have the player assume that it is their home that they start at, and i do realize that your #2 also touches on at least one of the rhetorical questions. However, i meant for both rhetorical questions of mine to be considered in all cases. While the person starts off in their own home, it is still something else causing all the trouble. While the burglar may be attempting to cause trouble to the inhabitants of his target, the story will nevertheless reverse the tables onto the player. If you think about it, Justine touches on the rhetorical questions, yet pulls off a lot of scares and has, at least i would say, a pretty good constructed story even though there were a lot questions (at least for me) left unanswered.

I don't plan on making a Justine remake, however, but just knowing that no other custom story has done what i have in mind should be more than enough to choose it over stories that share similarities with other custom stories.

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